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Kenneth Koch class, May, 1979.

Thu, 08 Jan 2015 19:30:13 GMT

A Kenneth Koch class at the Naropa Institute. This recording begins halfway through the class and consists primarily of Koch's answers to student questions. Koch discusses his teaching experience in public schools and at Columbia University, and his own process of writing and revision..

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Ed Sanders, Robin Blaser, Eleni Sikelianos, Marcella Durand, Peter Warshall and Anne Waldman panel: Alternative communities and writing, June, 2003.

Sun, 14 Dec 2014 01:49:29 GMT

A panel with Eleni Sikelianos, Peter Warshall, Ed Sanders, Marcella Durand and Robin Blaser. The panelists discuss various ideas of community and the way in which writing affects society..

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Philip Whalen class, part 4, August 1977.

Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:11:03 GMT

First half of a Philip Whalen class on Igor Stravinsky. After spending the first part of the class talking about rowdy poetry readings, Whalen discusses Stravinsky's ideas about time, order, and the creative process, then looks at how they apply to writing poetry....

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Zamora Ferlinghetti poetry reading July 1990

Sun, 26 Oct 2014 16:48:27 GMT

Daisy Zamora and Lawrence Ferlinghetti read original poetry, Allen Ginsberg reads poems by Nicanor Parra. Zamora's poems also read in English included, "Death's Makeup," and "What Hands in my Hands.".

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Lecture with Robin Blaser June 2003

Sun, 26 Oct 2014 04:17:07 GMT

Robin Blaser presents another of his famously unsummarizable lectures, in which he searches with us for guides on the journey "From there to here to where: writing." "There" is Blaser's early childhood in Idaho, living in a train car and learning about syphilis from a tent chautauqua....

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Carl Rakosi part 1 June 1989

Sat, 25 Oct 2014 20:41:36 GMT

Carl Rakosi reads and comments on an interview done with him for Conjunctions magazine, in which he discusses Zukofsky's editorship of Poetry Magazine; "Objectivism" as a term, a group, and a poetics; Rakosi's trouble writing and making a living; and other topics..

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Joanne Kyger class 1 part 1 June 1981

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:50:27 GMT

This is the second class in a series given by Joanne Kyger at the Naropa Institute in 1981 entitled Compassion for Place. Kyger looks heavily into Native American storytelling and poetry, focusing mainly on the plethora of Coyote Stories that are told in many different traditions, including here the....

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Joanne Kyger Class Visiting Poets class 2 July 1977

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:36:15 GMT

Joanne Kyger presents a class at Naropa Institute in which she reads the poetry of Simon Ortiz and Lewis MacAdams, listens to an interview done with Ortiz by MacAdams, and discusses Ortiz's ideas and poetics....

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Anne Waldman Class September 1989

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:44:07 GMT

This first class of Waldman's graduate Gertrude Stein seminar centers on Stein's book The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas. The class discusses their reading of the text in-depth and Waldman lectures on Stein's earlier life, her teachers, brother and her relationship with Alice B....

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Anne Waldman class 3 June 1980

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:36:40 GMT

Anne Waldman, Rotating Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, June 1980. Waldman presents a second class on Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, discussing the post-apocalyptic quality of the play, Shakespeare's genius, the nihilism and "modernity" of the play, its status as a "problem play" and its rela....

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Anne Waldman class 1 June 1980

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:33:20 GMT

Anne Waldman, Rotating Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida, June 1980. Waldman presents a class on Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, discussing the historical, biographical, and cultural context of the play as well as exploring the main characters and reading from the more famous speeches of the pla....

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Anne Waldman reading 1978 August 1978

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:14:29 GMT

An Anne Waldman reading. Introduced by Allen Ginsberg, Waldman reads eleven of her poems including "Cable blue mosque.".

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Anne Waldman Class August 1978

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 18:14:14 GMT

One in a series of classes given by Anne Waldman on the work of Gertrude Stein at the Naropa Institute. In this class Waldman focuses on Stein's play Four saints in three acts, reading from the play and discussing its background, language, and production..

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Snyder Colloquium August 1983

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:24:30 GMT

Gary Snyder chairs a colloquium consisting of unnamed faculty members in which they discuss art in terms of right occupation, entertainment. product, process, morality, quality, and one's audience..

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Joanne Kyger class 1 June 1977

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 03:21:59 GMT

Joanne Kyger concludes a class by reading Simon Ortiz's "The saga of coyote" and discussing its parallels in Western culture and mythology. This is tape 2 of 2..

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Warren Tallman Naropa 1991

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:09:07 GMT

A class on Robert Creeley taught by Warren Tallman in 1991 at Naropa. Tallman's role in the San Francisco Renaissance put him in contact with many authors that shaped the later 20th century, including Charles Olson and Allen Ginsberg, which gives him a unique perspective on the poetry and life of Ro....

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Whalen lecture part 3 June 1987

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:13:31 GMT

Philip Whalen talking about Writers on writing. He opens by reading "the art of fiction" by Henry James and then "composition as explanation" by Gertrude Stein. He offers commentary during these readings intermittently....

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Whalen lecture part 1 June 1987

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:10:15 GMT

A lecture, "Writers On Writing," delivered at the Naropa Institute June 24, 1987. Whalen spends the majority of the lecture discussing various practices of Zen Buddhism. Whalen also discusses the work of Richard Deurden, Gertrude Stein and Leslie Scalapino..

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Whalen lecture part 4 June 1987

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:09:10 GMT

Second portion of Philip Whalen lecture "Writers on Writing" that begins with PW talking about the book "Magnetic Fields." There is then more discussion regarding Gertrude Stein where PW mentions the "Autobiography of Alice B....

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Whalen lecture part 2 June 1987

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 12:05:36 GMT

Final portion of a Philip Whalen lecture. This portion of the lecture is just a series of questions and answers primarily dealing with vocabulary: its importance and ways to improve. Series 87P047 and 87P048.

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In the pressure tank, Class 9

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 11:16:49 GMT

Second half of Class 9 of "In the Pressure Tank" series held at Naropa Institute between July 23 and August 20, 1980. (The whole series is contained on 80P093-115.) Philip Whalen discusses Hart Crane's life during the period in which "The Bridge" was composed, with an emphasis on the literary climat....

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Allen Ginsberg and Philip Whalen reading, June, 1975

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 05:17:45 GMT

Philip Whalen and Allen Ginsberg read poetry at the Naropa Institute. Whalen reads "The 20th of July 1958," "Denunciation," "Hymnus ad patrum," "Something nice about myself," "Manifesto 1959," "Awake a moment," "Late afternoon," "The great beyond Denver," "Theophany," and others....

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Allen Ginsberg Poetry class May 1986

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 05:14:58 GMT

Final discussion in an Allen Ginsberg class on poetry. Anne Waldman teaches jointly, they emphasize the way a poem is meant to be read as well as different possibilities for brainstorming as a group..

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Carl Rakosi part 2 June 1989

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 04:45:36 GMT

Objectivist poet Carl Rakosi continues a lecture on Objectivism and his own work. The conversation focuses on poetry's relation to politics and the social. Rakosi, Allen Ginsberg, and the students in the audience discuss and debate whether poetry has political influence, the difference between poetr....

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Allen Ginsberg on Jack Kerouac part 1 June 1977

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 04:21:55 GMT

The first tape in a two part series which is a class taught by Allen Ginsberg. Subject matter includes the life and work of Jack Kerouac. This is part 1 of 2..

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Allen Ginsberg lecture political poetics part 12July 1989

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 03:58:34 GMT

The second tape in a two tape series covering political poetics and the Russian poets. Also included are readings of the work of Pablo Neruda and the conept of imagination and emotional breakthrough..

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Allen Ginsberg Lecture part 2 October 1983

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 03:19:38 GMT

This is the second portion of a class on Autobiographical Poetry/Writing. The class begins with Allen Ginsberg (AG) talking about the upcoming protest at Rocky Flats and there is much discussion about logistics....

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Allen Ginsberg Lecture part 1 October 1983

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 03:06:29 GMT

Allen Ginsberg Class on Autobiographical Poetry. He has the students read their respective pieces that relate to autobigraphy and then he reads many sections of Reznikoff's autobiographical poetry. He mentions David Copes "Quiet Lives" and Joe Brainards's poem, "I Remember" as good resources for thi....

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Allen Ginsberg Class 19th Century Poetry part 12 October 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:46:53 GMT

Allen Ginsberg 19th Century Poetics class on Coleridge. AG reads many lines from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" with discussion around the language, imagery and structure. He then acquaints the poem to being a parable about junk because Coleridge was a junky....

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Allen Ginsberg Class 19th Century Poetry part 10 October 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:45:18 GMT

Allen Ginsberg 19th Century Poetics: Wordsworth's "Prelude." This class goes through a series of pieces of Wordsworth's Prelude. This is a very long poem separated into books. AG reads aloud from Books 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10....

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Allen Ginsberg Class 19th Century Poetry part 11 October 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:37:59 GMT

Allen Ginsberg class, 19th century poetry begins with continued discussion of Wordsworth's "Prelude" from class on 81P167. Ginsberg reads from Book 11 Line 106, Book 12 line 208 and Book 14 lines 10-61....

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Allen Ginsberg Class 19th Century Poetry part 6 October 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:29:16 GMT

Allen Ginsberg class on 19h Century Poetry. This class begins with a class organizing and distribution of papers and handouts. The discussion begins with background and catchup regarding Blake's 6th book and leads into the lecture for the day which is a line by line breakdown and discussion of Blake....

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Allen Ginsberg Class part 4 August 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:21:58 GMT

A class in an Allen Ginsberg course on expansive poetics. The class opens with Ginsberg talking about the painter/poet Marsden Hartley. Ginsberg reads Hartley's I admire my native city, Spring, Drama number one, and Window cleaner to nude mannequin....

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Allen Ginsberg Class 3 Expansive Poetics July 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:12:49 GMT

Tape 3 in an 11 tape series of a class taught by Allen Ginsberg on Expansive Poetics. Subject matter includes some discussion of the Russian Futurists and two short readings by Russian Futurist writers..

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Allen Ginsberg Class July 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:12:49 GMT

Allen Ginsberg class on Expansive Poetry. This class begins with AG talking about the change in writing as time and technology progressed with repsect to voyage writing and travel accounts. He reads from Carpenter's "The secret of time and satan" and then there is a digressive conversation about med....

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Allen Ginsberg Class 2 Expansive Poetics July 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 02:11:35 GMT

Tape 2 in an 11 tape series of a class taught by Allen Ginsberg on Expansive Poetics. Subject matter includes background on the Russian Futurists as well as the reading of works by Paul Klebnikov..

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Allen Ginsberg Class part 2 June 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:56:45 GMT

Allen Ginsberg class on Expansive Poetics. He opens by talking about Pushkin and reads his "The Prophet," "Message to Syberia" and a couple others. He then moves to American `19th century authors and talks about Edgar Allen Poe and reads "The Bells" and "Anabelle Lee." He then talks about rhythm and....

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Allen Ginsberg Workshop part 1 April 1981

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:47:36 GMT

Allen Ginsberg subtitutes for a workshop class taught by Tom Pickard recorded April 1, 1981 at Naropa. In this class, Allen discusses poetic composition using Corso, Marshall,Spicer, Kerouac, Blake, Pound, Williams, Bunting and others as examples....

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Allen Ginsberg class 4 August 1980

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:36:50 GMT

This is a class on Shakespeare's Tempest, taught by Allen Ginsberg, from August 20, 1980 at Naropa. At the outset, Ginsberg explains that instead of reading the whole play through, he will touch on important lines in each Act and scene and explore them deeply....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics, Class 26

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:19:19 GMT

A literature class, "Basic Poetics," taught by Allen Ginsberg at The Naropa Institute April 28, 1980. The majority of the class is spent reading and discussing the work of the poets John Suckling and Andrew Marvell....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics class 24 April 1980

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:17:12 GMT

A literature class, "Basic Poetics," taught by Allen Ginsberg at The Naropa Institute April 21, 1980. Ginsberg and class begin by discussing the poetry of Hart Crane and John Milton with regards to prosody....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics, Class 23

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:08:56 GMT

A literature class taught by Allen Ginsberg at The Naropa Institute, April 14, 1980. Ginsberg and class read and discuss the poetry of Hart Crane, George Herbert, Henry King and Dylan Thomas. Ginsberg also speaks extensively about the notions of condensation, vision and meter....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics, Class 16

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:50:24 GMT

A continuation of a Basic Poetics Class taught by Allen Ginsbergin 1980 at Naropa. In this class Ginsberg covers William Shakespeare's Sonnets. Topics include reading the sonnets as a novel of a love triangle between Shakespear, a young man, and the Dark Lady....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics class 11 February 1980

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:43:59 GMT

The eleventh in a series of a basic poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class he continues his discussion of Basil Bunting, Campion and Dowland. Works read and discussed include Thou Must Home to Shadow Underground and Follow Thy Fair Sun by Campion....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics class 13 February 1980

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:43:46 GMT

A continuation of the thirteenth class on Basic Poetics taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this tape the class discusses Hart Crane and Sir Phillip Sydney. This is class 13 of 33..

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics class 4 January 1980

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:41:36 GMT

The fourth in a series of a basic poetics class taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa. In this class he continues his discussion of Old English poetry stressing this time the alliterative aspects of the verse....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics, Class 3

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:37:30 GMT

This is the 3rd session of a class in basic poetics taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at the Naropa Institute. In this class, Ginsberg discusses H. Phelps Putnam, and reads Putnam's Hasbrook and the rose....

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics class 2 January 1980

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:34:36 GMT

Continuation of a Basic Poetics class by Allen Ginsberg in 1980. In this class he explores the world of 13th-15th C. poetry. "Drop this poetry like acid," says Allen. This is class 2 of 33..

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Allen Ginsberg Basic Poetics class 1 January 1980

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:31:58 GMT

The first session of a class in basic poetics taught by Allen Ginsberg in 1980 at Naropa Institute. This session discusses Shakespeare's poetry and the Lyric and Ballad poets, juxtaposing these with Modernist, Futurist, and contemporary poets such as William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Charles Rezn....

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Allen Ginsberg on Jack Kerouac part 2 June 1977

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 00:22:52 GMT

Part two of a two part series in which Allen Ginsberg discusses the life and work of Jack Kerouac in relation to himself and other figures of the literary scene. Includes some readings from Kerouac's piece entitled, "Vanity of Duluoz." This is part 2 of 2..

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